Ear ornament



Feb. 8, 1938. Q H fls 2,107,938

EAR ORNAMENT Filed April 24, 1937 INVENTOR. 60/75/61/206 HcY/V'ZIS' ATTORNEYS.

Patented Feb. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

This invention relates to an ear ornament; and has for one of its objects the provision of an ear ornament which may be so located on the ear as to cover the scar formed in connection with face lifting.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an ornament which will extend about the ear just forward of the lobe of the ear as well as beneathand in back of the lobe of the ear and snugly hug the head about this portion of the ear so as to hide any imperfections of the skin at this location.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an ear ornament which will be of simple construction and yet one which will be located differently than ear ornaments usually used with a different purpose in view.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a person with the ear ornament of my invention located on the ear;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion about the ear showing the scar on the same and showing in dotted lines the area of the ornament for covering the same;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with my ear ornament in position;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view on a larger scale of the ear ornament;

Fig. 5 is a back plan view of the ornament;

Fig. 6 is a sectional View on substantially line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

In the art of face lifting a scar on the skin occurs about the ear just forward of the lobe of the ear and beneath and in back of the ear. It is difiicult for the person having had this operation to maintain the hair down about the ear in a location to cover the scar thus formed; accordingly, it is desirable that the scar be covered by some ornament, and I have provided an ornament which may be fixed upon the lobe of the ear in such a location as to cover this scar and hide the same from view so that there is no need for the hair to cover this lower portion of the scar; and the following is a more detailed description of the present embodiment of this invention, illustrating the preferred means by which these advantageous results may be accomplished:

With reference to the drawing, the human ear is designated generally ID, the neck I I and face portion about the ear l2. In Fig. 2 I have illustrated'at I3 the scar which is formed about the lobe IQ of the ear when a face lifting operation has been performed. It is this scar which it is desired should be covered by the ear ornament which I provide.

The ear ornament consists of a clamp I 5 which may be of any suitable construction, but is preferably U-shape, as'illustrated in Fig. 5, with, a pair of spaced arms I6 and II. An abutment portion with a smooth rounded surface I8 is carried by the arm I5, while a tubular bearing [9 is carried by the arm I1 and internally threaded to receive the threaded shank 20 having a head or handle 2I at one end and an abutment 22 at the other end with a rounded or convex surface. The lobe of the ear may be positioned in this U-shaped clamp and there held by rotation of the shank 20 by means of its head 2I to bind the clamp firmly upon the ear.

9 An ornament designated generally 23 which may be of many different shapes, is secured by soldering as at 24 or in any other suitable manner to the arm I6 adjacent the abutment I8 and is held rigidly to this portion of the clamp. This ornament as here illustrated is of a convex shell shape covering the U-shaped clamp I5 and bulged outwardly as at 25 leaving the arm ll of the U clamp free for some springing movement. A recess 26 is formed in this ornament, which recess registers with the opening between the arms l6 and I! so as to receive the lobe I4 of the ear therein. Thus, as illustrated in Fig. 3, the lobe lfi of the ear may be inserted Within the recess 26 and between the arms l6 and II and the threaded member 20 may be set up against the back of the ear or against the inner surface of the lobe I4 so as to bind the same in position.

In order that the device may fit closely about the ear and snugly against the portion of the head about the ear, the edge surface 29 of the ornament is formed in substantially a single plane, which plane is parallel to the plane of the U clamp I5 and closely adjacent to the plane of the U clamp I5, which is apparent in Fig. 6. Thus, there are no portions protruding beyond this inner surface which would engage the face about the ear and project the ornament outwardly so that the scar I3 might be visible.

The ornament being rigid with the U-shaped member may thus be positioned wherever desired and by reason of its recess may receive the ear to extend both forwardly and rearwardly of the same, as illustrated by the dotted line 28 in Fig. 2

and as shown in working position in Figs. 1 and 3.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An ear ornament comprising a U-shaped clamp to engage the lobe of the ear, an ornament rigidly supported by said clamp with its inner surface in adjacency to the plane of the U- shaped clamp, and with a recess registering with the opening between the arms of the U of the clamp to receive the lobe of the ear therein.

2. An ear ornament comprising a U-shaped clamp to engage the lobe of the car, an ornament supported by said clamp with its inner surface in a plane substantially parallel to and-in adjacency to the'plane of the U-shaped clamp, and with a recess registering with the opening between the arms of the U of the clamp to receive the lobe of the ear therein.

3. A device for covering a scar on a human body about the ear, comprising an ornamented body portion having a surface shaped and of a size to lie in close adjacency and to overlap the scarred surface about the ear, with a recess to receive the lobe of the ear when at right angles to said engaging surface, and means carried by said body portion for its attachment to the lobe of the ear of the wearer.

4. An ear ornament comprising a body portion presenting a generally flat surface in substantially a single plane and free from bulging parts to snugly engage the head adjacent the ear, said body portion being provided with a recess therein for receiving the lobe of the ear when extending laterally of the plane of the engaging surface of the body portion, and means carried by the body portion and movable toward the opposite sides of the lobe of the ear when in said position in said recess to clamp the ornament in position on the lobe of the ear.

5. An earl ornament comprising an outwardly convex shell-like body portion presenting a generally flat edge surface in substantially a single plane and free from bulging parts to snugly engage the head adjacent the ear, said body portion being provided with a recess therein'for receiving the lobe of the ear when extendinglaterally of the plane of the engaging surface of the body portion, and means carried by the body portion outwardly of said engaging surface and movable toward the opposite sides of the lobe of the car when in said position insaid recess to clamp the ornament in position on the lobe of the ear.

6. An ear ornament comprising an outwardly convex shell-like body portion presenting a generally fiat edge surface in substantially a single plane a'nd'free from bulging parts to snugly engage the head adjacent the ear, said body portion being provided with a recess therein for receiving the lobe of the ear when extending laterally of the plane of the engaging surface of the body portion, and a threaded member axially movable parallel to said engaging surface and located outwardly thereof to clamp the lobe of the ear when in said position in said recess.

CONSTANCE HARRIS. 

